Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Supervise   /sˈupərvˌaɪz/   Listen
verb
Supervise  v. t.  (past & past part. supervised; pres. part. supervising)  
1.
To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.
2.
To look over so as to read; to peruse. (Obs.)
Synonyms: See Superintend.


noun
Supervise  n.  Supervision; inspection. (Obs.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Supervise" Quotes from Famous Books



... are very clear. They say, 'It is the responsibility of the safety officer to insure compliance with all safety regulations both by complete instructions to personnel and personal supervision.' Your safety officer didn't instruct us and he didn't supervise us. You better run him ...
— Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet • Blake Savage
... established by the UN Security Council to supervise the 1948 Arab-Israeli ceasefire and subsequently extended to work in the Sinai, ...
— The 1992 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... from light. Not only was he expected to supervise the clerks' accounts and to treat with the wholesale dealers, but he was also supposed to spend a great part of his time in the docks, overlooking the loading of the outgoing ships and checking the cargo of the incoming ones. This latter portion ...
— The Firm of Girdlestone • Arthur Conan Doyle
... the last man. Munemori was taken prisoner and decapitated. Whenever a Taira man, woman, or child was found, death was the inevitable penalty inflicted. Yoritomo stationed his father-in-law Hojo Tokimasa at Kyoto to search out and eradicate his enemies as well as to supervise the affairs of ...
— Japan • David Murray
... morning and again in the evening, until they had each thrown two live grenades. I had the services of three sergeant-instructors, who were invaluable in getting the men past the first stage. All the live firing I had to supervise myself; that being the rule of the Army, that an officer should always be present during live practice. All my spare time was spent in going over and testing the grenades to be fired next day, or in baling out the bombing trench, which filled ...
— Q.6.a and Other places - Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 • Francis Buckley


More quotes...


Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com